diff --git a/.docker_cache/empty_file b/.docker_cache/empty_file
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4133ad85fbe..665dd29ad05 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -56,3 +56,4 @@ __generated__
 cache.sqlite
 cache.sqlite-journal
 out.png
+.docker_cache/
diff --git a/platform/linux/Dockerfile b/platform/linux/Dockerfile
index b55061954f5..ae2321eb921 100644
--- a/platform/linux/Dockerfile
+++ b/platform/linux/Dockerfile
@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 FROM ubuntu:22.04
 
-# When running docker with -u flag, the user should exist in the container to avoid various warnings
-RUN groupadd -f user && useradd -m -g user user
-
 # Install build tools and dependencies
 RUN    apt-get update \
     && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y \
         apt-transport-https \
         curl \
         gnupg \
-    && curl -fsSL https://bazel.build/bazel-release.pub.gpg | gpg --dearmor >bazel-archive-keyring.gpg \
-    && mv bazel-archive-keyring.gpg /usr/share/keyrings \
-    && echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/bazel-archive-keyring.gpg] https://storage.googleapis.com/bazel-apt stable jdk1.8" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bazel.list \
-    && apt-get update \
-    && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y \
-        bazel \
+        build-essential \
+        libsqlite3-dev \
         libcurl4-openssl-dev \
         libglfw3-dev \
         libuv1-dev \
@@ -28,6 +21,15 @@ RUN    apt-get update \
         cmake \
         ccache \
         ninja-build \
-        pkg-config
+        pkg-config \
+    && : # end of the RUN cmd - easier to keep a colon at the end of the list, than to keep the backslashes in check
+
+# This could also be `.../releases/latest/download/bazelisk-linux-amd64` for the latest version, but for predictability better hardcode it
+RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk/releases/download/v1.20.0/bazelisk-linux-amd64 -o /usr/local/bin/bazel \
+    && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/bazel \
+    && :
+
+# When running docker with -u flag, the user should exist in the container to avoid various warnings
+RUN groupadd -f user && useradd -m -g user user
 
-WORKDIR /code
+WORKDIR /app
diff --git a/platform/linux/README.md b/platform/linux/README.md
index 79688d84ab3..fc9151cb84d 100644
--- a/platform/linux/README.md
+++ b/platform/linux/README.md
@@ -30,14 +30,16 @@ You can use a Docker container to build MapLibre Native. A `Dockerfile` that ins
 
 ```bash
 # Build docker image from the repo root
-docker build -t maplibre-native-image -f platform/linux/Dockerfile .
+docker build \
+  -t maplibre-native-image \
+  -f platform/linux/Dockerfile .
 
 # Run docker image as the current user.
 # This ensures that the files created in the container are owned by the current user.
-docker run --rm -it -v "$PWD:/code/" -u $(id -u):$(id -g) maplibre-native-image ___any_build_command___
+docker run --rm -it -v "$PWD:/app/" -v "$PWD/.docker_cache:/home/user/.cache" -u $(id -u):$(id -g) maplibre-native-image ___any_build_command___
 
 # You can also execute build commands from inside the docker container by starting it without parameters:
-docker run --rm -it -v "$PWD:/code/" -u $(id -u):$(id -g) maplibre-native-image
+docker run --rm -it -v "$PWD:/app/" -v "$PWD/.docker_cache:/home/user/.cache" -u $(id -u):$(id -g) maplibre-native-image
 ```
 
 You can safely ignore this type of message and a missing username. It happens if your linux user was not the first one created on the system.